Revision as of 16:11, 24 October 2012

Note: MythTV supports capture APIs, not capture devices, if your device has a linux driver supporting one of these APIs then it should work in MythTV.

Warning:This is an incomplete list of available devices not supported devices. For a full list of supported devices, see the LinuxTV wiki for the relevant API.

These cards are used to record off the new digital television broadcast systems. The video is compressed by the broadcaster, and the card outputs audio and video multiplexed in an MPEG2 transport stream.

ATSC

This standard is primarily used in North America, and consists of MPEG2 video with AC3 audio. For the official list of supported devices, please see the LinuxTV wiki.

DVB

This standard is used throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia. Video can be MPEG2 or H.264, and audio AC3 or AAC. For the official list of supported devices, please see the DVB-T, DVB-C, DVB-S, and DVB-S2 pages on the LinuxTV wiki.